Hanny’s Voorwerp: A space oddity
This diagram explains the formation of the strange green object known as Hanny’s Voorwerp. Astronomers believe that it is part of the long streamer of gas that extends from galaxy IC 2497, lit up brightly by the searchlight beam of a recently extinguished quasar.
Credit:NASA, ESA
About the Image
Id: | heic1102c |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 10 January 2011, 21:45 |
Related releases: | heic1102 |
Size: | 2400 x 1250 px |
About the Object
Name: | Hanny’s Voorwerp, IC 2497 |
Type: | Local Universe : Nebula : Appearance : Emission Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
Category: | Galaxies Nebulae |